The Saginaw Spirit training camp will face some disruption with the absence of five players attending NHL training camps, including two players heading to Traverse City for the Detroit Red Wings camp.

Brady Gilmour and Marcus Crawford will compete in the Red Wings camp, with Gilmour participating in the NHL Prospect Tournament at Centre Ice Arena in Traverse City from Friday through Tuesday.

The Carolina Hurricanes will also have their prospects in the Traverse City tournament, including their first-round pick Martin Necas. The Spirit drafted Necas in the first round of the 2017 Import Draft and hope to bring the Carolina prospect to Saginaw this season.

Other teams with prospects in the Traverse City tournament include Chicago, Columbus (former Spirit player Hayden Hodgson), Dallas, Minnesota, New York Rangers and St. Louis.

The Red Wings took Gilmour, 18, in the seventh round of 2017 NHL Draft after his third season with the Spirit. He is the highest returning scorer for the Spirit this season with 47 points.

Crawford, 20, will report to the Red Wings camp on Sept. 15. It's his third NHL camp but first with Detroit after competing in the Ottawa camp in 2015 and for New Jersey in 2016. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound defenseman had 39 points in his fourth season with the Spirit last year.

Former Spirit players Dylan Sadowy and Filip Hronek will also compete at the Red Wings camp. Sadowy scored 152 points for the Spirit and spent the 2016-17 season with the Toledo Walleye (ECHL) and Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL). Hronek, Detroit's second-round pick in 2016, had 61 points in 59 games for the Spirit in 2016-17.

The Spirit's next exhibition game is Friday, Sept. 15 with a 7:05 p.m. game at The Dow Event Center against the Flint Firebirds. The regular-season home opener is Saturday, Sept. 23 against the London Knights.